July 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
by Albert Gore
Published to coincide with the release of the former Vice President's new documentary of the same name, a follow-up to An Inconvenient Truth shares updates on the role of humanity in triggering the planet's destruction and what everyday people can do to promote environmental health.
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Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
by Adrian Owen
A world-renowned neuroscientist reveals his controversial, groundbreaking work with patients believed to be brain dead to explain how up to 20 percent of them were still vibrantly alive, sharing his team's insights into what life may be like for such patients and the moral implications for religious organizations, politicians and families.
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More Important Than Money: An Entrepreneur's Team
by Robert T. Kiyosaki
According to many social scientists, the most important thing in life is a person's social and professional network. The people we surround ourselves with - and the people we go to for advice and guidance - can mean the difference between success and failure. In More Important Than Money, Robert Kiyosaki teams up with his most trusted advisors who contribute not only chapters on the strengths and talents they bring to the team, but offer candid and insightful individual profiles and excerpts from each of the 14 Rich Dad Advisor series books.
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The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to end Oppression
by Peter Joseph
In this engaging, important work, Peter Joseph, founder of the world's largest grassroots social movement in the world - The Zeitgeist Movement - draws from economics, history, philosophy, and modern public-health research to present a bold case for rethinking activism in the 21st century.
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No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
by Naomi Klein
In No Is Not Enough, Naomi Klein explains that Trump, extreme as he is, is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst and most dangerous trends of the past half-century. In exposing the malignant forces behind Trump's rise, she puts forward a bold vision for a mass movement to counter rising militarism, racism, and corporatism in the United States and around the world.
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Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism
by Mark R. Levin
The conservative talk-radio host and president of the Landmark Legal foundation shares a new collection of critical insights and political recommendations in the vein of such best-selling books as Ameritopia and The Liberty Amendments.
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Strays: A Lost Cat, A Drifter and Their Journey Across America
by Britt Collins
Presents the uplifting story of how homeless alcoholic Michael King rescued an injured stray cat who on shared migrations through the American west inspired him to reach out for help, achieve sobriety and come to terms with painful losses.
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Upstairs at the Roosevelts: Growing Up with Franklin and Eleanor
by Curtis Roosevelt
Curtis Roosevelt knew what it was like to live with a president. His grandfather was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Writing about his childhood from that perspective, Curtis Roosevelt offers anecdotes and revelations about the lives of the President and First Lady and the many colorful personalities in this presidential family.
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When Parenting Isn't Perfect
by Jim Daly
Jim Daly sees and hears from mothers and fathers trying hard to pursue perfection. When someone gives them a "World's Best Mom" or "No. 1 Dad" coffee mug, they want it to be true. And they want their children to pursue perfection, too. It's admirable for parents to be the very best moms and dads they can be for their children. But sometimes in so doing, they leave grace behind – both for themselves and their children. Jim believes that our quest for perfection, a quest that he believes is particularly strong among Christians, runs counter to God's own boundless gift of grace. As parents, we're called to simply do our best.
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Why?: What Makes Us Curious
by Mario Livio
An internationally respected astrophysicist explores the science behind curiosity to evaluate its role in human creativity, ambition and culture, drawing on interviews with scientists and students while examining the lives of forefront intellectuals to identify how curiosity manifests in the brain.
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Woolly: The True Story of the De-Extinction of One of History's Most Iconic Creatures
by Ben Mezrich
The best-selling author of The Accidental Billionaires traces the pioneering work of a group of young scientists under the guidance of brilliant geneticist George Church, who sequenced the DNA of a frozen woolly mammoth harvested from the Arctic circle to resurrect the extinct species as part of a larger effort to slow the advances of global warming.
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